Sally Lewis
@RslewisSally
Professor Value in Health Management, Swansea. International advisor in VBHC systems, Kintsugi-international. Ex GP. Also music, also humour
Perhaps as a medical community over the years we have done society a huge disservice by leading everyone to believe that we have all the answers. The truth is, despite huge progress, we have very few of the answers.
The impact of low-value diagnostic tests on patient flow #OpenAccess doi.org/10.1111/1742-6… @Oslersmonkey @WileyHealth @acemonline
If you ever wanted to see just how complicated the situation is in Southern Syria, here is a simplified infographic about most of the different groups, factions, and countries involved in the conflict as well as their relationship to one another.
Corrected and Updated Relationship Infographic of the factions fighting around Suwayda for the past week. Few Notes. 1. Green Dot is representative of the Bedouin tribes. Bedouin situation makes it extremely convoluted because some of the tribes partially or wholly supported…
Ok, it's holiday time and so to my usual question. Any good holiday reads you can recommend. Fiction please (and I love scifi but not exclusively)
WFP Statement | #Gaza On the morning of 20 July, a 25 truck WFP convoy carrying vital food assistance crossed the Zikim border point destined for starving communities in northern Gaza. Shortly after passing the final checkpoint beyond the Zikim crossing point into Gaza, the…
I had a degree in Pharmacology before training as a PA. Add in my PA degree and 9 months of clinical practice and I still hadn’t scratched the surface of what we covered in pre-clinical year of GEM. Pharmacology + PA course also doesn’t make me ready to prescribe
Sometimes I think about how this time in our lives will be characterised. Increasingly, it feels like the 2020s will be talked about as an utter calamity in world history. The heartbreak and impotence are palpable.
"Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart." themarginalian.org/2024/03/22/lov…
Live Aid is 40 huh. I remember that day. Sunny, on the banks of the Wye. With my friends.
It's a terrible human tendency to castigate an entire group because of the actions of a few. Humans are basically the same everywhere. It baffles me why people cannot see each others' humanity or feel their suffering.
Since the start of June @AlderHey says it has treated 17 children sick with measles - some have been so unwell they've been in intensive care. One child has died. The numbers have health officials worried the area is on the cusp of a major outbreak #measles
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: A child has died after contracting measles in Liverpool, where public health officials fear a growing outbreak of the disease. Full story: thetimes.com/article/bb286d…
"This pricing structure creates a clear incentive for contractors to be involved in demolishing as many buildings as possible, as quickly as possible... to render Gaza uninhabitable for years to come. This destruction isn't a by-product of military need but a goal in itself."
Today is exactly one year since I left the NHS. You can't imagine the mixed emotions that evokes.
How are your family & friends in Gaza surviving? @muhammadshehad2: "Well, there's suffering there's catastrophe, there's dystopia & then there is Gaza. Gaza is beyond words. I cannot even start to describe how it is so I was talking to a close friend yesterday He said he…
Surprisingly good @nytimes interview with courageous British surgeon Dr. Victoria Rose In Gaza, ‘They’re Prepared to Die for a Bagful of Rice’ nytimes.com/2025/07/09/wor…
The gentle giant – Oliver Sacks (who would have been 92 today) on the art of choosing empathy over vengeance themarginalian.org/2015/10/13/oli…
We must improve in public. Transparency is all.
The impact of bringing this issue to the light of social media After email requests failed @RCPhysicians Drumroll 🥁 There is a decision… But can’t be relayed till Thursday 🥸 Have asked for it to be done without any further delay. Let’s hear the call. Enough of this…